3 h. ago OpenAI experiences major global outage as ChatGPT users face issues

OpenAI has confirmed it is experiencing issues this evening.

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4 h. ago ChatGPT down as users face worldwide outages as OpenAI platform struggle

User reports indicate they are experiencing lag issues, timeouts and the app crashing.

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4 h. ago ChatGPT down LIVE: OpenAI experiences major global outage as users face issues

OpenAI has confirmed they are 'experiencing issues' and 'working on implementing a mitigation'

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27 h. ago Ten of the best deals for Travel Tuesday, from hotels to cruises

We've tracked down major price cuts from global hotel brands, and huge promotions from top cruise lines

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38 h. ago This Week in History: Siege in Seattle, courtroom dramas, and the end of the Cold War

From power struggles to global crises, explore how major events between 1 and 7 December were captured on The Independent’s front pages

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54 h. ago Chaos for London travellers as Leeds station power outage causes major disruption

Countless trains have been delayed and cancelled across the UK today as the power outage causes chaos to rail users

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5 d. ago The Guardian view on city living: an urban species is still adapting to our new environment | Editorial

UN figures show that four-fifths of the global population now live in major settlements. We’re still figuring out how to copeCities have existed for millennia, but their triumph is remarkably recent. As recently as 1950, only 30% of the world’s population were urban dwellers. This week, a United Nations report suggested that more than 80% of people are now urbanites, with most of those living in cities. London became the first city to reach a million inhabitants in the early 19th century. Now, almost 500 have done so.Jakarta, with 42 million residents, has just overtaken Tokyo as the most populous of the lot; nine of the 10 largest megacities are in Asia. The UN report revealed the scale of the recent population shift to towns and cities thanks to a new, standardised measure in place of the widely varying national criteria previously used. The urbanisation rate in its 2018 report was just 55%.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a ...

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8 d. ago This Week in History: A poisoned spy, street revolutions and the death of Castro

From power struggles to global crises, explore how major events between 24 and 30 November were captured on The Independent’s front pages

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8 d. ago Ukraine's allies make major concessions to the Kremlin in bid to end conflict with Russia: Trump says Kyiv has shown 'zero gratitude' while Europeans agree to Putin rejoining G8

As peace talks in Switzerland made progress, Britain and other states agreed to welcome Russia back into the G8 group of major global economies.

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9 d. ago X is down: Users report outages again after Cloudflare 'shut down half the internet'

Elon Musk's social media network X (formerly Twitter) has gone down again - days after Cloudflare shut down several high-profile websites.

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1 week ago X suffers third major outage in four days as users report global disruption

Most of the issues were linked to the mobile app, though many users also ran into problems accessing the desktop site.

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1 week ago X down in US and UK outage as thousands of users unable to use Elon Musk's platform

X, (formerly Twitter), is reportedly down as reports from thousands of users from the US and UK are having issues posting and accessing Elon Musk's social media platform

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1 week ago South Africa’s Tourism Boom: Now, Two Major Awards at WTM London Highlight Its Global Appeal

South Africa’s Tourism Boom: Now, Two Major Awards at WTM London Highlight Its Global Appeal  Travel And Tour World

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2 w. ago Cloudflare apologises after outage takes down websites including X, Spotify and ChatGPT

Many websites crippled by latest internet outage affecting users across the globe

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2 w. ago Cloudflare disruption has hit major sites. But it’s not the worst outage in recent years

The global outage has affected major websites including X, ChatGPT and Letterboxd

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2 w. ago England star Henry Pollock nominated for major global award after stunning year

Pollock could walk away with a prestigious gong after bursting on to the scene in 2025 but the Springboks dominate the main award shortlist

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2 w. ago Cloudflare down as X, Open AI and Spotify users thrown into chaos in huge outage

Down Detector reported that many sites had gone down following a Cloudfare outage on Monday afternoon. X, Spotify, ChatGPT, Amazon Web Services and Mumsnet among other were affected

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2 w. ago X is DOWN: Elon Musk's social media app crashes for thousands of users around the world

It is one of the world's biggest social media sites, but X has now gone down in an outage affecting thousands of users.

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2 w. ago UK warned that 15% cut to health fund will force ‘impossible choices’ on Africa

Advocates fear that other donors will follow Britain’s reduction to the Global Fund for Aids, TB and malariaThe UK is undermining its legacy in fighting infectious diseases including Aids and malaria by cutting money pledged to a leading global health fund, campaigners claim.The 15% reduction in the contribution to the Global Fund for Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced this week – in a year when the UK, alongside South Africa, is co-host of the fund’s replenishment drive – risks encouraging other countries to cut back commitments as well, advocates fear.The Gates Foundation is a major private contributor to the Global Fund. The foundation also contributes to theguardian.org, which funds independent journalism at the Guardian Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Global trading platform boss says Rachel Reeves' cash ISA raid plan is wrong and will create nation of 'zombie investors'

The UK boss of a major global trading platform has warned Rachel Reeve's planned raid on cash ISA's is simply the wrong way to get Britons investing again.

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